Earthling wrote:Theres a mob in Melbourne who resole.
I sent a pair of Scarpas a few years ago for new Vibram sole fitted.
Whilst its a good job, its nothing like new and after 1 or 2 years they started lifting off...not good.
In hind site, the next time my vibram soles wear thin Im going to buy a new pair of shoes.
north-north-west wrote:Getting a sole that will fit on the upper is the easy bit.
Finding an adhesive that will keep the new sole in place after prolonged exposure to Tasmanian bogs is something else. I'm still trying to reattach the soles on a pair of Asolos that separated after going through decontamination at Farmhouse Creek. Have tried so many different things and yet nothing holds them on for more than a day or two.
It's partly the adhesive, and partly the difficulty of achieving and maintaining 100% contact between the two surfaces during the curing process. But I've just about give up. What a waste of what would otherwise still be a perfectly good pair of boots..
...We did a lot of repair in the shop and you can bond Vibram to leather sole that you can't tear off even if you wanted to. Here's what we do, make a mixture of 50/50 barge and barge glue thinner, rough up you're soles, even new ones, brush on both leather and Vibram, let dry for about an hour; then regular barge, let dry and apply soles like normal. we just call it thin gluing, I thin glue everything, it works for me.
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